Nehemiah 9:16

In 11 translations

BSB

But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

KJV

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

WEB

“But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,

ASV

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

LSV

And they and our fathers have acted proudly, || And harden their neck, || And have not listened to Your commands,

YLT

'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

DBY

But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

DRC

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.

GNV

But they and our fathers behaued them selues proudely, and hardened their neck, so that they hearkened not vnto thy commandements,

JPS

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to Thy commandments,

LXXE

But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,

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WLC

וְהֵ֥ם וַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ הֵזִ֑ידוּ וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ אֶל־מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br19:16

Καὶ αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ὑπερηφανεύσαντο, καὶ ἐσκλήρυναν τὸν τράχηλον αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν τῶν ἐντολῶν σου,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Nehemiah 9:29You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their…
• Psalms 81:11–14But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways, how soon…
• Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
• Nehemiah 9:10You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
• Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
• Hebrews 3:15As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
• Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
• Deuteronomy 9:27Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.
• Isaiah 48:18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
• Deuteronomy 1:26–33But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the…
• 2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
• Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
• Psalms 81:8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
• Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases…
• Jeremiah 2:31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

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